Bend Yoga Festival 2026: Full Schedule

Where you belong. The Bend Yoga Festival is an inclusive, multi-day celebration of yoga, wellness, and outdoor experience rooted in the landscape of Bend, Oregon. Expect sessions led by internationally respected educators, alongside community ritual, specialty offerings, and adventures that invite you directly into Central Oregon’s rivers, trails, and wide-open sky.

This year’s theme: Making Space for Joy.

And yes — you’ll feel it.

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This year, you can filter the schedule by "Pathway" — there are six, based on what you might be looking for. It’s a way to navigate the schedule and easily find what you seek. The pathways are:

Movement & Practice
Explore Bend
Restore & Regulate
Tradition & Lineage
Empowered Aging
Arts & Performance

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1:00pm PDT

Festival Kick-Off | Downriver — Soulful Flow and the Blues

LIMITED

Thursday June 11, 2026 1:00pm - 2:30pm PDT

The Oxford Hotel — Minnesota Ballroom @ 10 NW Minnesota Ave, Bend, OR 97703

Limited Capacity seats available

This slow, sublime practice is shaped by the rhythm and lineage of blues music that grew along rivers, carrying stories and sound downriver through time. We’ll flow at an unhurried pace, letting movement unfold gradually. The practice emphasizes yielding to rhythm, trusting transitions, and settling into what is already here rather than striving for change. This soulful, embodied experience invites you to move with the current, feel the music in your body, and rest in the rhythm that guides the practice.

Presenters

Gina Caputo

Founder, WHOL: Whole Health One Life

Gina Caputo is an international Yoga and Meditation Teacher and Board Certified Health & Wellness Coach with decades of experience in making the mystical feel practical and the challenging feel accessible. She is known for her down-to-earth and playful vibe as well as her depth and... Read More →

Volunteers

Ashley Rigas

Occupational Therapist

Audrey Murray

Joe Henri

Kym Herrmann

Liesel Benecke

Lorna Henri

neta frank

Rex Murray

Stav Lotan

Thursday June 11, 2026 1:00pm - 2:30pm PDT
The Oxford Hotel — Minnesota Ballroom 10 NW Minnesota Ave, Bend, OR 97703

Yoga | Holistic Wellbeing

Pathway Movement and Practice, Arts and Performance

6:00pm PDT

Candlelit Music Meditation with Cacao Ritual

FILLING

Thursday June 11, 2026 6:00pm - 7:30pm PDT

The Oxford Hotel — Minnesota Ballroom @ 10 NW Minnesota Ave, Bend, OR 97703

Limited Capacity filling up

BRING YOUR OWN REUSABLE CUP FOR CACAO

Using her signature blend of original piano music, improvisation, classical repertoire, and intricate covers, Paula creates an atmosphere of inspiration, inclusion, and connection. Guests will feel awakened and transported by the sound filling the Oxford Hotel, a venue renowned for presenting world-class musicians in Central Oregon.

Following the performance, attendees will be guided into a cacao ceremony led by Shriman Ji — a ceremonial journey rooted in ancient tradition and living presence. Cacao, the sacred heart medicine, supports us in opening to love, clarity, and gratitude.

If you’re ready to feel calm, uplifted, and deeply regulated through exquisite live piano music and a guided cacao ritual, this is an experience not to miss.

Presenters

Paula Dreyer

Pianist, Paula Dreyer Music

Paula Dreyer is a concert pianist, composer, and educator whose genre-blending music draws from classical, Spanish, cinematic, and improvisational traditions. Based in Bend, Oregon, she leads the immersive concert series Piano Flow Live, performing in settings from lavender fields... Read More →

Shriman Ji

Yoga with Shriman

Shriman, a passionate yogi and dedicated teacher, has spent years honing his craft under the guidance of his teacher and Himalayan Yoga Master (Phd) Dr. Yogrishi Vishvketu from Akhanda Yoga Wellbeing in India, embracing the transformative power of authentic yoga.

Hailing from Brazil, Shriman brings with him a rich heritage of musical talent passed down through generations of his family. Immersed in the vibrant culture of India for several years, he has delved deep into the realms of yoga, honing his practice and teachings to integrate the... Read More →

Thursday June 11, 2026 6:00pm - 7:30pm PDT
The Oxford Hotel — Minnesota Ballroom 10 NW Minnesota Ave, Bend, OR 97703

Evening Programs

Pathway Arts and Performance, Restore and Regulate

7:30pm PDT

The Liminal Lounge — A Creator & Community Space

Thursday June 11, 2026 7:30pm - 9:30pm PDT

Pine & Prism Wellness Collective @ 856 NW Bond St Suite 202, Bend, OR 97701, USA

THIS IS OUR FESTIVAL's REIMAGINED VENDOR SPACE.

We invite you to connect with these woman-owned small businesses — the creators — who've been carefully vetted to ensure alignment with both our festival's core values and the beauty of the festival experience itself. If you choose to purchase, it supports small creators, your festival journey, and your wellbeing.

Meet these wonderful creators below!
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Step into The Liminal Lounge: A thoughtfully curated space created for Bend Yoga Festival participants to pause, explore, and reconnect between sessions.

This isn’t a workshop and it isn’t a lecture. It’s an open, welcoming environment where you can drop in, experience something meaningful, and move at your own pace.

Offerings include:

Aura Photography + Intuitive Insights — with Rach Huff of Pine & Prism
A colorful snapshot of your energetic landscape in the moment, paired with gentle, grounded reflection to help you better understand what you’re holding and expressing right now.

Build-Your-Own Altar Kit Station — with Pine & Prism
Create a personalized altar kit using intentionally sourced objects designed to support ritual, intention, and connection at home — simple, meaningful tools for everyday grounding.

Gentle Intuitive Readings — with Sarah Noble
Clarifying, heart-centered guidance designed to offer perspective and help you reconnect with your own inner knowing.

Tarot Readings — with Kati of Three Deer Tarot
Insightful, practical tarot sessions that bring clarity to what’s unfolding in your life — grounded, empowering, and designed to help you move forward with greater confidence and trust.

Herbal Self-Care Station — with Root & Ritual Herbals
Craft an intentional candle and create your own herbal bath sachet, blending thoughtfully selected plants to carry restoration and care back home with you.

Botanical Elixir Bar — with Aela Kascak of Rose Rooted Elixirs & Apothecary
A curated menu of herbal elixirs crafted to nourish, uplift, and support your festival experience. Cost: sliding scale between $8-$15.

➡️ Drop in for five minutes or stay awhile. The Liminal Lounge is designed to be approachable, calming, and restorative — a place to land in the midst of a full, vibrant weekend.

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Exhibitors

Rach Huff

Founder, Pine and Prism Wellness Collective

Rach Huff is the founder of Pine & Prism, a Bend-based ritual and community studio offering Reiki, microdosing coaching, weekly ritual classes, aura photography + readings, and intentional community gatherings. She sees herself as a facilitator and space holder — not a healer... Read More →

Aela Kascak

Rose Rooted Elixir Bar & Apothecary

Aela believes in the power of bridging mind, heart and earth through intentional living, earth-based practices, community and connection. She is a vitalist herbalist, herbal mixologist and elixir connoisseur sharing elixir bar experiences, workshops and other intentional offerings... Read More →

Thursday June 11, 2026 7:30pm - 9:30pm PDT
Pine & Prism Wellness Collective 856 NW Bond St Suite 202, Bend, OR 97701, USA

Community Session | Open to Non-passholders by Donation